Diablo IIIArchive of Data for Patch 1.0.8Wizard Runes

Archive of Most Popular Wizard Runes in Patch 1.0.8

Note: This is historical data, from level 60 characters who played during the Diablo III PC patch 1.0.8.
This is useful data for players on the console Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Diablo III, to see the most popular level 60 runes in the console Diablo III. The runes and skills reflected in these charts are similar to the current Diablo III patch on PS3 and Xbox 360.
Players of Diablo III on the PC (Windows and OS X) should see the Popular Builds and Skills charts for the data from the current Diablo III PC patch.
This set of charts lists all the Diablo III Wizard runes. The runes are ranked from the most popular rune to the least popular, based on data from active level 60 Wizards who played during patch 1.0.8.
The chart on the left lists the runes used by softcore Wizards, while the chart on the right shows those used by hardcore Wizards. The Percent column in these charts is the Percentage of Wizards who use that particular rune, of all the softcore or hardcore level 60 Wizards who were active in patch 1.0.8.
Select any rune or skill below to view full information about it.

Charts Last Updated: March 3, 2014

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	44.30
2	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	37.90
3	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	34.70
4	Sparkflint	Familiar	31.90
5	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	29.90
6	Improved Archon	Archon	28.60
7	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	25.60
8	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	22.90
9	Wormhole	Teleport	21.00
10	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	20.40
11	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	19.90
12	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	17.80
13	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	16.50
14	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	14.60
15	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	12.60
16	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	12.10
17	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	8.00
18	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	6.30
19	Stretch Time	Slow Time	5.60
20	Teleport	Archon	5.50
21	Safe Passage	Teleport	5.20
22	Fracture	Teleport	5.00
23	Time Warp	Slow Time	4.90
24	Force Armor	Energy Armor	4.80
25	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	4.30
26	Stark Winter	Blizzard	4.10
27	Scramble	Storm Armor	3.64
28	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	3.62
29	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	3.60
30	Meteor Shower	Meteor	3.15
31	Intensify	Disintegrate	3.10
32	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	3.01
33	Molten Impact	Meteor	3.00
34	Venom Hydra	Hydra	2.82
35	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	2.80
36	Snowbound	Blizzard	2.70
37	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.70
38	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	2.66
39	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.60
40	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.30
41	Seeker	Magic Missile	2.20
42	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	2.00
43	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.90
44	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	1.85
45	Convergence	Disintegrate	1.80
46	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.75
47	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.70
48	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	1.63
49	Surge of Power	Electrocute	1.62
50	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	1.60
51	Crystallize	Ice Armor	1.50
52	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	1.44
53	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.42
54	Arcane Destruction	Archon	1.40
55	Pure Power	Archon	1.30
56	Shatter	Frost Nova	1.20
57	Comet	Meteor	1.15
58	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.15
59	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.13
60	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.11
61	Calamity	Teleport	1.10
62	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.05
63	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.01
64	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	1.00
65	Star Pact	Meteor	0.93
66	Arcanot	Familiar	0.90
67	Liquefy	Meteor	0.85
68	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	0.84
69	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.83
70	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	0.82
71	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.82
72	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.82
73	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.82
74	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.80
75	Duplicates	Mirror Image	0.73
76	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
77	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.71
78	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.70
79	Vigoron	Familiar	0.66
80	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.65
81	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.65
82	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.65
83	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.60
84	Slow Time	Archon	0.55
85	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	0.54
86	Attunement	Magic Missile	0.54
87	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.54
88	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
89	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	0.53
90	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.53
91	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.52
92	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.50
93	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.44
94	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.44
95	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.42
96	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.40
97	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.35
98	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.35
99	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.34
100	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.34
101	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.34
102	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.34
103	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.33
104	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.32
105	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	0.32
106	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.32
107	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.32
108	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.30
109	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.25
110	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
111	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.25
112	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.23
113	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
114	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
115	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.20
116	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.15
117	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.15
118	Miasma	Slow Time	0.15
119	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
120	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.14
121	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.13
122	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
123	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.12
124	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.12
125	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.10
Rune		Skill	Percent

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	60.70
2	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	53.80
3	Wormhole	Teleport	47.40
4	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	38.00
5	Sparkflint	Familiar	35.50
6	Teleport	Archon	27.40
7	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	18.90
8	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	17.80
9	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	16.90
10	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	16.70
11	Improved Archon	Archon	16.60
12	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	15.90
13	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	13.20
14	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	11.50
15	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	9.90
16	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	9.80
17	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	9.10
18	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	8.70
19	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	8.60
20	Stark Winter	Blizzard	8.20
21	Fracture	Teleport	7.20
22	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	7.00
23	Safe Passage	Teleport	6.74
24	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	6.70
25	Snowbound	Blizzard	6.00
26	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	5.10
27	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	4.20
28	Convergence	Disintegrate	4.10
29	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	4.03
30	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	4.00
31	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	3.70
32	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	3.20
33	Vigoron	Familiar	3.10
34	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	2.90
35	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	2.75
36	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.73
37	Venom Hydra	Hydra	2.72
38	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	2.70
39	Crystallize	Ice Armor	2.60
40	Scramble	Storm Armor	2.50
41	Force Armor	Energy Armor	2.40
42	Seeker	Magic Missile	2.30
43	Volatility	Disintegrate	2.12
44	Time Warp	Slow Time	2.12
45	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	2.10
46	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.00
47	Surge of Power	Electrocute	1.90
48	Molten Impact	Meteor	1.80
49	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.70
50	Meteor Shower	Meteor	1.65
51	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.64
52	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	1.63
53	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	1.60
54	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.53
55	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	1.50
56	Shatter	Frost Nova	1.42
57	Duplicates	Mirror Image	1.40
58	Arcane Destruction	Archon	1.30
59	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	1.20
60	Split	Magic Missile	1.12
61	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	1.10
62	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.03
63	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.01
64	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	1.00
65	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.90
66	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.90
67	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.85
68	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.85
69	Calamity	Teleport	0.85
70	Star Pact	Meteor	0.83
71	Arcanot	Familiar	0.80
72	Slow Time	Archon	0.75
73	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.75
74	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	0.74
75	Pure Power	Archon	0.72
76	Comet	Meteor	0.70
77	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.65
78	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.65
79	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.65
80	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.63
81	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	0.62
82	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.60
83	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	0.54
84	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.54
85	Attunement	Magic Missile	0.54
86	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
87	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.52
88	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.51
89	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.50
90	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.45
91	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.44
92	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.44
93	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.42
94	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.40
95	Liquefy	Meteor	0.35
96	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.35
97	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.34
98	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.33
99	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.32
100	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.32
101	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.32
102	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.30
103	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.25
104	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.25
105	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.24
106	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.24
107	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.24
108	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.24
109	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
110	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.23
111	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
112	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.22
113	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.20
114	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.15
115	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.15
116	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
117	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.14
118	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
119	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.12
120	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.12
121	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.10
122	Miasma	Slow Time	0.05
123	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.05
124	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.02
125	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Wizard Skill

This set of charts lists the single most popular rune for each Wizard skill, as of the end of Diablo III PC patch 1.0.8. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which skills only have one rune that is commonly used at level 60.
These charts are based on data from level 60 Wizards who were active in patch 1.0.8. The chart on the left lists the softcore Wizard runes, and the chart on the right lists the most popular runes for hardcore Wizards.
Select any rune or skill below to see more data on it.

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Wizard Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	95.40
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	94.50
Familiar	Sparkflint	93.90
Archon	Improved Archon	79.10
Shock Pulse	Living Lightning	78.00
Spectral Blade	Healing Blades	68.70
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	68.20
Teleport	Wormhole	66.40
Storm Armor	Shocking Aspect	64.70
Magic Weapon	Blood Magic	59.30
Energy Armor	Pinpoint Barrier	48.30
Ice Armor	Crystallize	47.10
Slow Time	Stretch Time	46.90
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	46.50
Mirror Image	Duplicates	42.80
Frost Nova	Deep Freeze	41.10
Magic Missile	Seeker	39.40
Arcane Torrent	Cascade	38.10
Meteor	Meteor Shower	38.00
Arcane Orb	Celestial Orb	35.80
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	34.90
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	34.60
Hydra	Arcane Hydra	32.52
Blizzard	Stark Winter	32.50
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	27.60
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	96.50
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	96.00
Familiar	Sparkflint	87.80
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	84.20
Teleport	Wormhole	78.50
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	77.90
Spectral Blade	Healing Blades	74.00
Magic Weapon	Blood Magic	67.90
Shock Pulse	Living Lightning	61.20
Archon	Teleport	60.90
Hydra	Arcane Hydra	59.60
Ice Armor	Crystallize	58.20
Mirror Image	Duplicates	53.10
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	51.80
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	47.50
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	46.50
Slow Time	Time Warp	40.90
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	40.70
Blizzard	Stark Winter	38.40
Arcane Torrent	Cascade	37.30
Arcane Orb	Celestial Orb	36.40
Meteor	Meteor Shower	35.90
Magic Missile	Seeker	28.80
Ray of Frost	Black Ice	28.00
Storm Armor	Reactive Armor	27.60
Skill	Percent	Percent

See the Diablo III Charts & Guides for all the data from the current patch.

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